Kelsey Grammer | Simpsons Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia " Krusty Gets Busted Allen Kelsey Grammer (born February 21, 1955) is an American actor, director, producer, writer, voice artist, and comedian, best known for portraying Frasier Crane in Cheers and Frasier. He is also known as the voice for Sideshow Bob in The Simpsons and Stinky Pete in Toy Story 2 and for the role of Harold Attinger in Transformers: Age Of Extinction and Hank MacCoy in X-Men Movies. Contents [ show ] Early life Grammer was born Allen Kelsey Grammer in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands on February 21, 1955 to Sally Cranmer, a housewife and vocalist, [1] and Frank Allen Grammer, Jr., a bar owner and musician. [2] His parents' marriage ended when he was very young; his mother took him to live with her, and he was partly raised in New Jersey by his grandparents, Evangeline Dimmock and Gordon Cranmer. Grammer's family life has been marked by repeated tragedies. He went to school at Pine Crest in Fort Lauderdale.

In 1968, when Grammer was thirteen, his father, whom he had only seen twice since his parents' divorce, was murdered on the front lawn of his home in the U.S. Virgin Islands; [2] in 1975, his sister was raped and murdered after being abducted outside a Red Lobster restaurant in Colorado Springs, Colorado where her boyfriend worked. [3] Grammer has sworn to prevent the murderer from being paroled. [4] Grammer, who was 20 at the time and enrolled in the Juilliard School acting program, stopped attending classes and was asked to leave, citing a lack of focus. [5] In 1980, his twin half-brothers were killed in a SCUBA diving accident. [6] Career Early career After leaving Juilliard, he had a three-year internship with the Old Globe Theater in San Diego in the late 1970s before a stint in 1980 at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He made his Broadway debut in 1981 as Lennox in Macbeth, taking the lead role when Philip Anglim withdrew after receiving negative reviews.

In 1982 he appeared with Christine Baranski in the Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine production Sunday in the Park with George with Mandy Patinkin, and then a featured role of Cassio in a Broadway revival of Othello with James Earl Jones and Christopher Plummer. Rise to fame Grammer's television career began in 1983 when he portrayed Stephen Smith in the NBC mini-series Kennedy. Grammer came to broader public attention as Dr. Frasier Crane in the TV sitcom Cheers. Grammer's former Juilliard classmate and Broadway co-star Patinkin suggested Grammer to the New York casting director, and he got the job. [7] The character became the center of the successful spin off Frasier. Grammer won a number of Emmys and Golden Globes for his work on Frasier. He was the first American actor ever to be nominated for multiple Emmy awards for portraying the same character on three different television shows (Cheers, Frasier, and Wings). His US$1.6 million per episode salary for Frasier was the highest in the history of American television at the time, and his 20-year run playing Dr.

Frasier Crane ties a length set by James Arness in playing Marshall Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke from 1955 to 1975. [8] Sideshow Bob, Grammer's role on The Simpsons Voice work Grammer's smooth, deep voice makes him popular for voiceover work. He has provided the voice of Sideshow Bob on The Simpsons , winning an Emmy for his work in the episode " The Italian Bob ", [9] He has appeared in eleven episodes in all since the show's inception in 1989. He also supplied the voices for "Stinky Pete the Prospector" in Toy Story 2, Vladimir in the Fox animated movie Anastasia, Zozi the Bear in the subsequently-produced prequel Bartok the Magnificent, and the title character in the short-lived animated series Gary the Rat. He also provided the opening speech and piano in The Vandals song "Phone Machine" from the album Fear of a Punk Planet. Down Periscope is a 1996 comedy movie starring Kelsey Grammer as the captain of a rust-bucket submarine (called the USS Stingray) who is fighting for his career. Return to television He returned to series television on Fox's The Sketch Show.

He also produces the CW sitcoms Girlfriends and The Game. Prior to that he guest starred as The Angel of Death on Medium, which he also produces. In film, his recent work includes the role of Dr. Hank McCoy (a.k.a. Beast) in X-Men: The Last Stand. Grammer provided the voice for television commercials advertising the Hyundai Sonata and the Hyundai Azera. Grammer recently starred in two failed sitcoms, Back to You and Hank. Personal life Relationships Grammer has been married three times. His first marriage, to dance instructor Doreen Alderman, lasted from 1982 to 1990 and produced one daughter, Spencer, an actress on the American soap opera As the World Turns and the ABC Family show Greek. His second marriage, to stripper Leigh-Anne Csuhany in 1992, lasted one year. Grammer claims she was abusive and that, after talk of divorce, she attempted suicide, which resulted in the miscarriage of their child. [10] He referred to her in his autobiography, saying: [11] “To be sure I'd never leave her, [my wife] Leigh-Anne...

had to convince me that I was nothing—unattractive, untalented, undeserving of love, and incapable of being loved by anyone but her. The way she achieved this was to break me down with verbal abuse. "You fucking pig." "What a wimp." "Dickless." "Fag." "Prick." "Bastard." "You're so fucking stupid." "You're so fucking ugly." These were the verbal tools, but she had more. She'd spit in my face. Slap me. Punch me. Kick me. Break glasses over my head. Break windows. Tear up pictures of my loved ones. Threaten to kill me, kill herself. Cut my balls off. Chop me up. Put a bullet in my head.” ―{{{2}}} Also in 1992, Grammer had a daughter, Greer, with hair and makeup stylist Barrie Buckner. [6] His engagement to Tammi Alexander broke up due to rape allegations and her leaks to the tabloid press. Since August 1997 Grammer has been married to Camille Donatacci, a former Playboy model.

They have a son, Jude Gordon, and a daughter, Mason Olivia, together via a surrogate mother. [6] Grammer and Donatacci have homes in Malibu, Colorado, and New York, and a holiday home in Maui. Substance abuse In 1988, he was sentenced to 30 days in jail for drunk driving and cocaine possession, and an additional 10 days of community service with the California Department of Transportation. [12] He was again arrested for cocaine possession in August 1990 and sentenced to three years' probation, fined $500 and given 300 hours' community service. [12] In January 1991 he was given an additional two years' probation for violating his original probation through additional cocaine use. [12] In September 1996, he overturned his Dodge Viper while under the influence of drugs or alcohol and subsequently checked in to the Betty Ford Clinic for 30 days. Grammer said of the incident: "I was at a point in my life where I just wasn't focused. Sometimes I was doing drugs, sometimes it was booze.

There was no question that I shouldn't have been driving that car at that moment." [6] Other notable incidents After publishing his autobiography, So Far... in 1995, he was sued by a former girlfriend Cerlette Lamme for defamation of character and invasion of privacy. [7] In 1998, Grammer filed a lawsuit against Internet Entertainment Group, which Grammer claimed had stolen from his home a videotape of him having sex with former girlfriend Cerlette Lamme. IEG counter-sued Grammer, denying they were in possession of such a tape, and Grammer's suit was eventually dropped. He eventually paid Lamme $1 million for the tape. [13] Reflections on his life In 1999, Kelsey Grammer made the following observation on his own life: [11] “'You see, it's the nature of people like me - alcoholics, obsessive-compulsive, whatever - to dismiss their own achievements and to belittle themselves. It's something I have been tortured by all my life. It has taken forty-three years to become comfortable with myself and with having a sense of accomplishment.

Being able to accept the remarkable nature of my life is new to me.'” ―{{{2}}} Political activism On September 21, 2003, during an appearance on Hannity & Colmes on Fox News, Grammer expressed an interest in running for United States Congress as a Republican. [14] He indicated that it was something he would consider when his children were older. During an interview on the The Today Show, he told Matt Lauer that he wouldn't enter politics until he felt he was more knowledgeable on the subject. He was a celebrity guest at President George W. Bush 's first inauguration. He also has endorsed Rudy Giuliani for president in 2008. Quote "I think it's your duty to overcome what you inherit in life.

It's the David Copperfield line: 'Am I going to be master of my fate, or its victim?' I'm not gonna be its victim, though I've felt victimized — a lot." [15] Selected film and television work Cheers (1984–1993) (TV series), as Frasier Crane Kelsey Grammer Talks Simpsons Character Death | Behind The Voice Actors NEWS - Kelsey Grammer Talks Simpsons Character Death Reported by Foxwolf on Wed Dec 4 2013 The producers of The Simpsons have announced for a few months that they plan to kill off one of the show's main characters at some point during this season. And the producers have admitted at this point in time the voice actor who voices this soon-to-be-dead character has yet to be informed. However, Kelsey Grammer (who voices the recurring villain Sideshow Bob) was asked recently by TMZ if he knew if his character was in peril. He responded with: "Not to my knowledge. He'll (always) come back. They've already killed him 20 times! He comes back alive." Grammer was also confident enough to say Sideshow Bob "will never be killed off".

‘The Simpsons’ to Kill Off Character This Season – BackstageOL.com Pin It The Simpsons are back and one of Springfield’s familiar faces is impending death. The Simpsons, Fox’s longest-running comedy, has been on television for 25 seasons. The show has announced a regular character from the animated series will be killed off this season, which began on Sunday. A total of seven characters have been killed off in the series, including a gruesome death for Maude Flanders, Ned’s wife. Executive producer Al Jean said in a recent conference, “We’re actually working on a script where a character will pass away. I’ll give a clue that the actor playing the character won an Emmy for playing that character, but I won’t say who it is.” Jean hopes the episode will get “Breaking Bad-type numbers.” Jean has also hinted at a Stan Lee-officiated wedding for Comic Book Guy and a “Futurama” crossover season finale. Characters voiced by Emmy winners include: Hank Azaria as various characters including Moe, Cletus, Apu, Comic Book Guy, Anne Hathaway as Penelope, Kelsey Grammar as villain Sideshow Bob and Dan Castellaneta as Homer Simpson.

Which Simpsons character do you think will be killed off? The Simpsons airs Sundays at 8 p.m. on Fox. Kelsey Grammer - Zimbio Kelsey Grammer By JJ Duncan on See how Stallone, Schwarzenegger, Crews, and the rest of the crew ranked. SPOILERS AHEAD! Read Full Story By Deena Bustillo on Getty ImagesReal Housewives of Beverly Hills star Camille Grammer is recovering after undergoing surgery for early stage endometrial cancer, reports People.The star's rep confirmed today that she "underwent a radical hysterectomy today." "The surgery went well and she is expected to make a complete recovery following a significant recuperation period," the rep added. "[Camille] has been diligent about regular checkups and monitoring, which explains that early detection and rapid treatment... Read Full Story Overview Kelsey Grammer is an Emmy-winning American actor, best known for his twenty-year portrayal of psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane on the sitcoms Cheers and Frasier. He also voiced the character Sideshow Bob on the animated television series The Simpsons. Find more pictures, videos and news about Kelsey Grammer here.

Featured Stories Kelsey Grammer Simpsons - Kelsey Grammer Net Worth Kelsey Grammer Simpsons Read more... Kelsey Grammer Kelsey Grammer Net Worth is $120 Million. Kelsey Grammer is an actor, comedian, television producer, director, and writer, with an estimated net worth of $120 million dollars. Grammer is best known for his two-decade portrayl of character Frasier Cra. Allen Kelsey Grammer (born F... Kelsey Grammer Net Worth is $120 Million. Kelsey Grammer Net Worth is $120 Million. Kelsey Grammer is an actor, comedian, television producer, director, and writer, with an estimated net worth of $120 million dollars. Grammer is best known for his two-decade portrayl of character Frasier Cra Allen Kelsey Grammer is an American actor and comedian. He is most widely known for his two-decade portrayal of psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane on the sitcoms Cheers and Frasier. He has been nominated for fourteen Emmy Awards, including one for playing his character on three sitcoms, and has also worked as a television producer, director, writer, and as a voice artist.

He is also known for his role as the voice of Sideshow Bob on the animated series The Simpsons. Grammer returned to U.S. television in his first dramatic role, as mayor of Chicago Tom Kane, the lead role in the Starz premium television series, Boss. Grammer has been married four times, and has four children. Grammer was born in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, the son of Sally , a singer, and Frank Allen Grammer, Jr., a musician and owner of a coffee shop and a bar & grill called Greer's Place. His parents divorced when Grammer was two years old. He attended Pine Crest School, ... Kelsey Grammer - Biography - IMDb Kelsey Grammer Biography Showing all 77 items Jump to: Overview (3) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (4) | Trade Mark (2) | Trivia (48) | Personal Quotes (16) | Salary (3) Overview (3) 6' 1" (1.85 m) Mini Bio (1) A five-time Emmy Award winner, Kelsey Grammer was born in Saint Thomas, U.S.

Virgin Islands, to Sally (Cranmer), a singer, and Frank Allen Grammer, Jr., a musician and restaurateur. He was raised in New Jersey and Florida. Grammer was drawn to the works of William Shakespeare and spent two years at the prestigious Juilliard School. He then dove into the world of regional theater, eventually making the leap to Broadway with roles in "Macbeth" and "Othello". He joined the cast of the situation comedy Cheers (1982) in 1984. Grammer is the first actor in television history to receive multiple Emmy nominations for performing the same role on three series. He received two nominations for his original portrayal of Dr. Frasier Crane on Cheers (1982), another for his guest appearance in that role on Wings (1990), and nine nominations (earning four awards) as Outstanding Actor for his work on Frasier (1993). Over the years, Dr. Frasier Crane has become one of television's most endearing and enduring characters. In addition to his Emmy Awards, Grammer has won two Golden Globe Awards, two American Comedy Awards and a People's Choice Award for his portrait.

Grammer's distinctive voice has been heard in several hit animated features, including the voice of Stinky Pete in Disney's hit Toy Story 2 (1999) and a role in Anastasia (1997). On television, he has also been seen in several mini-series and movies. In 1996, he hosted an hour-long salute to Jack Benny for which he served as executive producer. He also starred in HBO's award-winning comedy The Pentagon Wars (1998). Grammer's autobiography, "So Far", was published in fall 1995. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Catherine Grace Spouse (4) ( 30 May 1982 - 1990) (divorced) (1 child) Trade Mark (2) Frequently portrays characters with pompous and/or pretentious tendencies Deep smooth voice Trivia (48) Has filed a lawsuit against Hamptons real estate broker Bettie Wysor of Dunemere Real Estate who put him and his wife next door to a construction site. The couple rented a mansion next door to advertising executive Jay Chiat in summer 1998.

Kelsey was uninformed of Chiat's extensive renovation, and is suing Wyson for $100,000 for failing to warn him but Wysor says that work on Chiat's house was finished by the time the Grammers moved in. She claims the couple only used their place for three of the four weeks they had rented it for, and never complained to her about anything. [May 2000] Spent a couple of weeks in the Betty Ford clinic for substance abuse. [October 1996] His favorite episode of Cheers (1982) was Cheers: Dinner at Eight-ish (1987). Served 30 days in jail for violating probation on DUI (1990). His father was murdered, in 1968, in the Virgin Islands. His sister, Karen Elisa Grammer, was murdered, in 1975, while finishing a shift working at a Red Lobster in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Had two stepbrothers (from his father's second marriage) that were killed in a shark/scuba accident. Signed a new second season deal for Frasier (1993).

He will be getting about £1.1 million per episode. This makes him the highest paid television star ever (2001). Is the only actor to be nominated for an Emmy Award for three television series, all for the same character (Frasier Crane in Cheers (1982), Frasier (1993) and a guest appearance on Wings (1990)). His daughter, Spencer Grammer , was on the Cheers (1982) episode Cheers: One Hugs, the Other Doesn't (1992). Had to have his appendix removed, only a few weeks after his Toy Story 2 (1999) co-star, Tim Allen , also had to have his appendix removed. Expected to make full recovery. [October 1999] Wife Camille Grammer appeared on his situation comedy Frasier (1993), in the episode Frasier: Halloween (1997). He filed suit against his former talent agency, Artists Agency, in order to recover $1.8 million in commissions. The current lawsuit comes on the heels of a Screen Actors Guild arbitration that has ordered him to pay the agency commissions withheld since 1998.

Artists Agency is claiming that it has a right to claim ongoing profit participation in Frasier (1993), which means several million dollars in commissions with the series in syndication. He is charging that Artists Agency, which has represented him since the 1980s, didn't win him the role of Frasier Crane on either Cheers (1982) or Frasier (1993). In 1996, he switched agencies but continued to pay commission up to 1998, after which Artists Agency began arbitration. The arbitrator's ruling, which was handed down August 4, 2000, upholds a renewal agreement he says he was forced into signing and orders him to pay withheld commissions. [August 2000] Daughter, Mason Olivia Grammer, was delivered by a surrogate mother October 24, 2001 in Los Angeles, California and weighed in at 8 pounds, 5 ounces. Daughter, Greer Grammer , born February 15, 1992, with Barrie Buckner .

Has provided the voice of the Narrator for the Guthrie Theatre production of "A Christmas Carol" in 2000. When series production of Frasier (1993) ended, Kelsey Grammer tied the record for longest role (Frasier Crane) portrayed by at single actor on prime-time television ( Cheers (1982) and Frasier (1993)), at 20 years (1984-2004) Grammer is tied with James Arness for Marshall Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke (1955) (1955-1975). On the Fox News debate show Hannity & Colmes (1996), he said that he would like to run for public office someday, perhaps U.S. Senator from California. In memory of his sister who was raped and murdered, he named his daughter Spencer Karen (Karen was his sister's first name). Attended high school at Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, one of the most prestigious high schools in the country. Began his acting career at the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis.

Son, Jude Gordon Grammer (born August 28, 2004) in Sacramento, California, via surrogate birth. His son was named after his maternal grandfather, Gordon Cranmer, who helped raise him and his sister. He passed away when Kelsey was 11. Has his own production company, Grammnet Productions, which has a distribution deal with Paramount Pictures. They are behind the UPN series Girlfriends (2000), of which Grammer is an executive producer, and his new comedy series on Fox-TV, debuting in March 2005. Has appeared with Ted Danson in episodes of three different series: Cheers (1982), Frasier (1993) and Becker (1998). On one episode of The Simpsons (1989), while he portrayed the recurring character Sideshow Bob, David Hyde Pierce supplied the voice of Kelsey's brother, mimicking the relationship between the two on Frasier (1993). This joke was repeated and extended a decade later, when Pierce once again played Bob's brother, and John Mahoney once again played their father.

Took the role of Henry "Hank" McCoy/The Beast in X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), two years after his former television brother, David Hyde Pierce , provided the uncredited voice of Abe Sapien in Hellboy (2004). When the producers of Frasier (1993) asked him about approaching Bebe Neuwirth about replaying her character on Frasier (1993) as a regular, he said no. He claimed it was because "For this spin-off to work, Fraiser would have to be the only old, familiar thing there. Everything else would have to be brand-new.". Has appeared as Henry "Hank" McCoy/Beast in X-Men: The Last Stand (2006). George Buza , who was the voice of "Beast" on the animated series, played a truck driver in the first X-Men (2000) film. Steve Bacic played a "Dr. Hank McCoy" in X-Men 2 (2003). Was the original voice for the Geico Gecko.

A fictional place called "Kelsey Grammar School", which is in the comedy series Little Britain (2003), is named after him. Leigh McCloskey 's roommate and Julliard classmate in New York City during the mid-1970s. His favorite episode of Frasier (1993) was Frasier: Ham Radio (1997). Suffered a mild heart attack in Hawaii on May 31, 2008. Studied acting with Michael Howard in New York City. Camille Grammer filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences. [July 2010] (December 15, 2010) Engaged to Kayte Grammer , 29. Parents are Frank Allen Jr. and Sally Grammer; has one younger sister: Karen Elisa Grammer. Has played the same character (Dr. Frasier Crane) on four different series: Cheers (1982), Wings (1990), Frasier (1993) and The John Larroquette Show (1993).

Wife Kayte Grammer gave birth to a daughter, Faith Evangeline Elisa Grammer, on July 13, 2012 at 1 a.m in Los Angeles, weighing 6 lbs., 2 oz. Has appeared with Patrick Stewart in five different productions: Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), Frasier (1993), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return (2013) and X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014). Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on May 22, 2001. Wife Kayte Grammer gave birth to a son, Kelsey Gabriel Elias Grammer, on July 22, 2014 at 8:28 a.m. in Los Angeles, weighing 8 lbs., 2 oz. and measuring 20.5 inches long. Is a Republican. Is a huge fan of the original Star Trek (1966) series. Is a client of Stan Rosenfield and Associates. Has English, German, Irish and Scottish ancestry.

Was considered for the role of Jafar in Aladdin (1992). His favorite Sideshow Bob line is "Lisa, you don't spend ten years as a homicidal maniac without learning a few things about dynamite" from The Simpsons: Brother from Another Series (1997). Personal Quotes (16) Life is supposed to get tough. I lost a lot of stuff when Karen died. It took about a year to get back to even thinking that there might be a reason to go on. I got fired when I was a dishwasher at Denny's. That set me back a little bit. You don't realize how important dishwashers are until you do the job. [on his role as Tom Kane the brutal mayor of Chicago on Boss (2011)] He's an exciting character and a lot of fun to play. Iago is one of the most liked characters in Shakespeare's canon and he's the most evil, most extraordinarily manipulative person in history. He says the worst, most politically incorrect things, even for the time the play is set in - and yet audiences adore that character. There's some similarity there with Tom Kane.

The discovery of this man has been a discovery of things I've never done or said before. Actors are observers of human life, of human behavior. If you've any smarts and any powers of observation, you kind of know what's going on inside a person like Tom Kane, and you just bring it out naturally. It's part of who you are. That's what you're good at. The cops in Chicago have told me that I have a withering look that is just like Mayor Daley's was. A lot of them come up and say, "Man, the way you do that thing, the way you turn that Fuck you look on people, that is him." I have not been a party to that look. I don't know it personally. [on the scripts for Boss (2011)] I think it's great writing, great writing. Why would you mess around with that? If something doesn't quite roll off the tongue or I'm having trouble memorizing it, that's often an indication that something is missing, That's always been my barometer. But this has been easy, a lot easier than it looks actually.

[on if he was happy with the way Frasier (1993) ended] Oh yeah. Yeah, that was one instance where I knew the end of the show at the same time we did the first episode. My idea was always to embrace the idea that he's going off to the other world, using the poem of Ulysses. That was always part of it, and they were - happily - not against that idea. [on how challenging the makeup process was in X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)] It wasn't as bad as you'd think. We got the process down to an hour and a half for most of it, so it was only three hours total. So it wasn't brutal. It was just the prep. If I had to sit around in it for most of the day before we shot... well, that was just planning. That happened a couple of times, but I pissed and moaned enough to make sure it didn't happen more than once or twice. [laughs] [on playing Stinky Pete the Prospector in Toy Story 2 (1999)] Stinky Pete! What a poor, repressed little shit. [laughs] I loved him, but he was...

I liked how small his thinking was. You know, how inside the box he wanted to be. He was a very interesting little character to play. The thing I remember most, though, was [co-writer/director] John Lasseter . His enthusiasm for the work he does was just breathtaking. He would run out of the sound booth and go, "Oh, my God, I can't wait to go animate that line!". He loves performance and embraces it. He likes to... well, he's just like a child. He's wonderful. [on playing Sideshow Bob on The Simpsons (1989)] An irrepressible villain. He is a presumptive joy to play on every occasion. Sam Simon had worked on Cheers (1982), so that's how I got involved in that. He just called one day and said, "Hey, Kels, I remember you used to sing a lot on the set of Cheers (1982). Can you do a Cole Porter tune?". I said, "Yeah, absolutely!". And that was the basis of the conversation.

He said, "We've got this guy on the show, he's never said anything before, he's the sidekick character of Krusty the Clown," and once he ran it down, I said, "Sure, I'll play." They were kind enough to send the song over first - you probably already know, but it was "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" - but I said, "Yeah, I can sing it.". [on if he has a favorite Sideshow Bob episode of The Simpsons (1989)] Well, I have a favorite Sideshow Bob line, which is [in character] "Lisa, you do not spend a decade as a homicidal maniac without learning a thing or two about dynamite." [laughs] And then there's the rakes. That's just a classic. [on playing Dr. Frasier Crane on Cheers (1982) and his own spin-off, Frasier (1993)] The golden key. [laughs] When I first came onto Cheers (1982) , it was originally only going to be for seven shows. Apparently, I was funny enough to keep around. They said that to me quite openly.

"He's funny enough to keep around. He makes things funny that we didn't think were funny, and that's an asset to the show." So they found a way to have him be part of it... You know, one of my favorite episodes of playing Frasier on Cheers (1982) was one I think was called Cheers: The Triangle (1986), when he actually started to do therapy on Sam and Diane and sort of ended up examining himself in the process, and had the big blowout in Sam's office with the two of them. He sort of became his own man at that point, and I liked that. It was a good episode. And it was probably also when he realized he could have his own show. [laughs] [on if there was any hesitation to do Frasier (1993)] Oh, I quite clearly thought he should die with Cheers (1982) . But then we broke another story with Casey-Angell-Lee [writer-producers Peter Casey , David Angell and David Lee ], and they wrote a great script about a completely different character. And it was [Paramount TV head] John Pike who was responsible for Frasier.

He's the one who sat me down and said, "I think a sitcom should be funny, and the script you guys turned in is not." [laughs] "I want you to do Frasier." So I said, "Okay, well, there's a couple of conditions: he's not married, and I don't want any kids in there." So we found the devices to get as far away from Boston as we could, and people made an attempt to make sure this was a new guy with an old but recognizable name. But he was still the centerpiece of the show, so we got David [Hyde Pierce] to be the Frasier of the show, and we were able to let Frasier be someone a little bit different. [on playing Dr. Henry "Hank" McCoy/Beast in X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)] The first thing that comes to my mind, honestly, is that we didn't do more. I'd love to play him again. He's such a great character. I'm glad they brought him in for that one, but it's a shame we didn't get to see more of Hank. Then they moved to the prequel and everybody got young.

[laughs] But it's all right... I hadn't followed X-Men so much, but when I played the role, I got so much response from people about how excited they were. I think there was just a gap in the market. I think we missed a real chance there to give the ones who loved Hank a bit more of him. [about working on Frasier (1993)] "I'm very unprofessional and there are several episodes in which you can catch me laughing. The one about the Hungarian goose - 'It's not my date, it's dinner!' - I could never get through that. The one where they open up the restaurant together. The one with the supermodel zoologist where I go, 'What do you think of me now?' Honestly, it was just a lovely time. The happiest 11 years of my life." Salary (3) Kelsey Grammer | Behind The Voice Actors 1 Shout Out! Happy Birthday Kelsey Grammer you magnificent b@stard!

From live action to voice acting, I love almost all of his work from the pompous Fraiser Craine to the diabolical Sideshow Bob and then there's Harold Attinger, one of the major highlights of AOE. He was nasty and played that character really well so far Attinger is easily the best human villain to date and was also a good choice to play Beast in the X-Men films. Tossed Salad and Scrambled Eggs! Kelsey Grammer biography | birthday, trivia | Actor | Who2 Kelsey Grammer Biography Actor Kelsey Grammer is a comic actor best known for playing the fastidious Dr. Frasier Crane on two hit television shows, Cheers and Frasier. Kelsey Grammer studied drama at New York’s Juilliard School before embarking on a career on stage. He joined the cast of Cheers in 1984 as psychologist Frasier Crane, the fianceé of Diane (played by Shelley Long ). He became a regular cast member and earned two Emmy nominations, leading to the spinoff show Frasier, which was a hit and ran from 1993-2004.

The show moved his character from Boston to Seattle, made him the host of his own radio show, and gave him an even more neurotic brother played by David Hyde Pierce. Both Cheers and Frasier were perennial Emmy favorites, and Grammer won three best actor awards for his portrayal of the cynical and pompous Dr. Crane. Kelsey Grammer was also a sly hit as the voice of Sideshow Bob, a semi-regular character on the animated show The Simpsons . He also contributed voices to the animated features Anastasia (1997, with John Cusack ) and Toy Story 2 (1999, with Tom Hanks ), and has starred in feature films including the submarine farce Down Periscope (1996), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006, with Grammer as “Beast”) and the political comedy Swing Vote (2008). In 2011 he began playing a kingpin mayor of Chicago in the cable TV series Boss. Grammer’s 1995 autobiography, So Far…, openly discussed his personal problems, from family tragedies to drinking and substance abuse.

Extra credit Kelsey Grammer has the Emmy distinction of being the only actor nominated for the same role (Frasier Crane) in three different series: for Cheers, Frasier and a guest appearance on the sitcom Wings… Most sources have his birthday as 21 February, but some say 20 February… Kelsey Grammer has been married four times: to Doreen Alderman (from 1982 until their divorce in 1990); to Leigh-Anne Csuhany (from 1992 until their divorce in 1993); and to model Camille Donatacci (from 1997 until their divorce in 2010) and Kayte Walsh (married in 2011). His daughter with Walsh, named Faith Evangeline Elisa Grammar, was born on 13 July 2012… Kelsey Grammer survived a heart attack he suffered after paddle-boarding in Hawaii in May of 2008. Kelsey Grammar - Kelsey Grammer Net Worth Kelsey Grammar Read more... Kelsey Grammer Kelsey Grammer Net Worth is $120 Million.

Kelsey Grammer is an actor, comedian, television producer, director, and writer, with an estimated net worth of $120 million dollars. Grammer is best known for his two-decade portrayl of character Frasier Cra. Allen Kelsey Grammer (born F... Kelsey Grammer Net Worth is $120 Million. Kelsey Grammer Net Worth is $120 Million. Kelsey Grammer is an actor, comedian, television producer, director, and writer, with an estimated net worth of $120 million dollars. Grammer is best known for his two-decade portrayl of character Frasier Cra Allen Kelsey Grammer is an American actor and comedian. He is most widely known for his two-decade portrayal of psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane on the sitcoms Cheers and Frasier. He has been nominated for fourteen Emmy Awards, including one for playing his character on three sitcoms, and has also worked as a television producer, director, writer, and as a voice artist. He is also known for his role as the voice of Sideshow Bob on the animated series The Simpsons. Grammer returned to U.S.

television in his first dramatic role, as mayor of Chicago Tom Kane, the lead role in the Starz premium television series, Boss. Grammer has been married four times, and has four children. Grammer was born in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, the son of Sally , a singer, and Frank Allen Grammer, Jr., a musician and owner of a coffee shop and a bar & grill called Greer's Place. His parents divorced when Grammer was two years old. He attended Pine Crest School, ...

Question: Which Simpson' TV cartoon series character is voiced by Kelsey Grammar?
Answer: SIDESHOW BOB